Canada’s Inuit A/H1N1 flu cases much younger than other groups
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-18 06:10:47
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/18/content_11726907.htm
OTTAWA, July 17 (Xinhua) — The median age of the A/H1N1 flu cases among Canada’s Inuit population is significantly younger than other groups, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reported Friday.
The median age of Inuit cases is nine years old, compared with that of First Nations (the Indian aboriginal people) at 19 years of age and that of non-aboriginal Canadians at 18, the agency said.
The report did not explain why the median age of Inuit cases is lower than other groups.
Median means the midway point between the youngest case and the oldest case.
The PHAC pointed out the Inuit people also has a higher rate of infections compared with Canada’s two other aboriginal groups. Among the country’s 10,156 confirmed cases, 151 have been identified as First Nations people, 30 have been Metis and 390 have been from Nunavut, which has a predominantly Inuit population.
I wonder if older people having the pneumonia vaccine has something to do with younger people being affected by this more.